Barnes & Noble's touchscreen Nook Color—what appears to be a hybrid tablet and e-reader—has arrived, and we're here live with the latest details.

The Hardware

The new Nook sports an LG 7" full-color touchscreen, accelerometer-enabled for both portrait and landscape orientations. The screen sports a laminated coating that should minimize glare. The Nook Color comes with 8 GB of internal memory, and a microSD slot for future expansion.

The Interface

The lower portion of the Nook Color's interface contains swipeable book (or magazine) covers, easily thrown up into the main portion of the screen for reading or sharing online with friends.

The library view categorizes your content into customized shelves (sort your newspapers by themselves, for example), along with personal doc and PDF files.

The Content

• Pandora programming out of the box • Facebook support • Conde Nast and Hearst onboard • First device to offer over 100 color newspapers and magazines (individual issues and subscriptions) • Barnes & Noble reps are looking to foster a developer community to fill the Nook Color with its own apps

"Nook Friends" will allow readers to share their thoughts on whatever they're reading through various social networking platforms, including Facebook and Twitter. You'll be able to post your favorite quote from a novel you're reading, for example.

"Nook Kids" will read selected children's books to your kids with the help of professional narrators.

Pricing and Availability

• $250 • Available "on or around" November 19th • The Nook Color will be available at Walmart, Best Buy, Books-a-Million, and of course Barnes & Noble locations.